1st gen camper shell

Pardon if it’s here somewhere but I ain’t found it when searching. Will a camper shell off 2004 double cab for my 1996 regular cab?

I know there is an angle difference at the back of extra cab and the regular cab. Extra cab cover will rub reg cab etc. Is it the same on a double cab?

Am told reg cab and extra cab have same dimensions for camper shell fitment, I measure 76.5x60”. Is double cab the same?

 

Shorter bed on the double cab.

 

Thanks

 

Anyone know if a camper shell off a 96 ranger will fit my 96 reg cab Tacoma?

 

Define “fit”… you can make it work, but it won’t match up to the Tacoma body lines well.

 

There’s also a difference between the cheaper made metal skin boxy shells vs form fitted to a specific truck fiberglass style.

 

This one is a fiberglass. Been searching Facebook marketplace and having zero luck on a reg cab Tacoma shell. Can find extra cab shells but the angle at cab won’t fit. There was a link to an article somewhere on here about camper shell fitment but dang if I can find it now.

 

Jack pot. $200

 

Looks great

 

That looks great! I'm in Upstate SC too, it took me months to find a shell for my Xtra Cab but I finally did. I should have done the facebook route, I just couldn't bring myself to join. Great price also, congrats.

 

Trying to wire in third brake light. Thought I could tap at trailer light plug. Seems I don’t know what I am doing. Any help with that task or is it not possible. Have a white-ground, yellow-left
turn, green-right turn, brown-running lights? What do I need to hook to? Tried them all for hots with ground hooked to white but no dice.

Just a two wire system on this old cover for third brake light and a 4 wire system on truck. Third brake light works, put 12v on otw from battery.

Thanks for any help and sorry if I am overlooking this info somewhere posted already. Searched but came up short.

 

For my softopper third brake light I just tapped into the driver side brake light wire

 

I tried that and both the third brake light on the camper cover and the drivers side brake light were dim, passenger normal brightness. Also got a tone from the truck with the drivers side door open while pressing the pedal.

 

Checked my Haynes manual for wiring diagram and seems I didn't tap correctly with the first attempt. You'd think I'd have learned to do stuff like that first by now. Thanks

 

Thread right here in the 1st Gen forum on that

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-light-for-camper-shell.758304/#post-27027753

 

Finally. I sure made that simple task complicated and hard. Thanks for trying to help.

 

THatt
glad you got lite working!

as far as cab to camper gap.......
i remember that when i was a kid in a 74 C-10 i saw an inflatable balloon thing
i thought it was a toy for the lake trip

i searched
looks like they still make them

 

My first ride was a ‘72 C-10. 3 on the column and a clutch made for a man. Power nothing.